Comments on: Jeddah Bites the Bullet on Flood Control http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Fri, 25 May 2012 21:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25824 Sparky Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:49:36 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25824 They probably gave him a false name because someone sick would conjure some type of lie they may have been lovers. OR maybe her husband would wonder why he would do such a thing and question him. I know that is crazy but a possibility. Or maybe he doesn't want more attention. He just did what he did because he thought was the right thing to do and isn't looking for any recognition. They probably gave him a false name because someone sick would conjure some type of lie they may have been lovers. OR maybe her husband would wonder why he would do such a thing and question him. I know that is crazy but a possibility. Or maybe he doesn’t want more attention. He just did what he did because he thought was the right thing to do and isn’t looking for any recognition.

]]> By: Chiara http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25819 Chiara Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:59:36 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25819 Michel! got it--the which bouc was the real bouc, and not a bouc-émissaire. Solomon2--Maybe the rescuer was given a false name in the Arab News story because of legalities, either not in Jeddah legally or not wanting to be seen to be criticizing in anyway the lack of official rescuers etc. Michel! got it–the which bouc was the real bouc, and not a bouc-émissaire.

Solomon2–Maybe the rescuer was given a false name in the Arab News story because of legalities, either not in Jeddah legally or not wanting to be seen to be criticizing in anyway the lack of official rescuers etc.

]]> By: Michel http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25818 Michel Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:42:48 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25818 @15: sorry that was French (black) humor @15: sorry that was French (black) humor

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25816 John Burgess Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:12:50 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25816 Well, you've certainly got me there! Well, you’ve certainly got me there!

]]> By: Solomon2 http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25815 Solomon2 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:00:15 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25815 The left-wife-to-drown story was a shocker, but why give her rescuer a false name? The left-wife-to-drown story was a shocker, but why give her rescuer a false name?

]]> By: olivetheoil http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25813 olivetheoil Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:17:40 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25813 <i>“A human life is priceless” is operational only at election time.</i> I think you are being unfair, John, they are also priceless during photo-ops in off-election years. “A human life is priceless” is operational only at election time.

I think you are being unfair, John, they are also priceless during photo-ops in off-election years.

]]> By: Chiara http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25812 Chiara Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:52:57 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25812 Michel--Merci! Great article. At first from your comment I thought that the man had saved his goat and left his wife to drown, but he wasn't quite that avaricious in his cravenness. It reminds me of a newspaper story I read about a family shooting the rapids somewhere in the US. They capsized and the 2 children drown, because the lifejackets were on the 2 family dogs. Such water safety stupidity rather stuck with me! Michel–Merci! Great article. At first from your comment I thought that the man had saved his goat and left his wife to drown, but he wasn’t quite that avaricious in his cravenness.

It reminds me of a newspaper story I read about a family shooting the rapids somewhere in the US. They capsized and the 2 children drown, because the lifejackets were on the 2 family dogs. Such water safety stupidity rather stuck with me!

]]> By: Michel http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25807 Michel Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:34:13 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25807 Not all the beings received the same kind of help during the floods in Jeddah ? See the courageous man's wife ? See the goat ? http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=129317&d=9&m=12&y=2009&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom Not all the beings received the same kind of help during the floods in Jeddah ? See the courageous man’s wife ? See the goat ?

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=129317&d=9&m=12&y=2009&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25804 John Burgess Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:56:53 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25804 "A human life is priceless" is operational only at election time. “A human life is priceless” is operational only at election time.

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/07/jeddah-bites-the-bullet-on-flood-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25803 John Burgess Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:55:39 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9397#comment-25803 There's a similar project--completed--in Riyadh. What was formerly sewage now forms a river with a lake at the end. The lake is in the middle of a public park/garden. There’s a similar project–completed–in Riyadh. What was formerly sewage now forms a river with a lake at the end. The lake is in the middle of a public park/garden.

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